Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

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10 questions

Instructions

Read the article from Newsela, then answer the ten questions to the right. You must do your own work! You will have a chance to remediate up to 90% if needed. This will be our first grade in Quarter 2, and is assessing two important reading SOL skills:
Reading: Vocabulary (4 questions)
Reading: Nonfiction Comprehension (6 questions)

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11.3.b

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11.5.e

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11.5.i

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11.5.e

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11.3.a

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11.5.i

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11.3.b

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11.5.e

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11.3.b

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11.5.g

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Read the following sentence from the article. "The new analysis suggests that the witch craze was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest." Which sentence from the article BEST supports this idea?

How did the Catholic-Protestant rivalry affect the witch trials of early modern Europe?

Read the following excerpt:

"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."

Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Based on their characterization in this article, which of the following statements would Peter Leeson and Jacob Russ most likely NOT agree with?

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Newsela Reading: Medieval Witch Hunts

Read the following sentence from the article. "The new analysis suggests that the witch craze was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest." Which sentence from the article BEST supports this idea?

How did the Catholic-Protestant rivalry affect the witch trials of early modern Europe?

Read the following excerpt:"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be:

Based on their characterization in this article, which of the following statements would Peter Leeson and Jacob Russ most likely NOT agree with?

Read the following excerpt:

"By around 1650, however, the witch frenzy began its precipitous decline, with prosecutions for witchcraft virtually vanishing by 1700."

Based on the context, the best definition for "precipitous" would be: